Improvement in lighting attachments for clocks



Patented April 7,1874.

l H., HrVll H UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

HENRY X. WRIGHT, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES D.WRIGHT, OF BERGEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIGHTING ATTACHMENTS FOR CLOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,366, dated April7,1874; application filed June 26, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY X. WEIGHT, of the-city of Memphis, county ofShelby, State of Tennessee, have invented certain Improvements inLighting Attachments for Clocks, of which the following is aspeciiication:

The object of my invention is to provide for lighting a candle at anytime in the night which may be desired.

My invention consist-s in certain details of construction Iirstdescribed, and afterward pointed out in the claim.

In order more fully to describe my invention, I refer to theaccompanying d rawin g forming a part of this specitication.

Figure I is a front view of an alarm-clock embodying my invention. Fig.II is a side vier of the same.

A candle-holder, I, is attached to one side of the casing A of analarm-clock, and projects in front ofthe same to show the time as soonas the candle is lighted. Near the place Where the candle-holder isfastened a vertical spring, K, is placed, having on its upper end amatch-holder, N. Near the top of the casing a piece of sand-paper isfastened on a line with the match-holder. Under the sand-paper holder isinserted a pin, It, with an arm, S, against which the spring K isplaced, when the lighting attachment is set for operation. Ahorizontalrod, G, passes through the vside of the casing, having on its inner enda shoulder, 7L, which rests against a pin, f,in the disk e on theWinding-post d ot' the alarm. The rod G serves as a trip-shaft to thespring K, and is drawn out by the hand to hold the spring in posit-ionready for lighting the match. When the alarm strikes, the winding-postof the ala-rm revolves, drawing in the trip-shaft, releasing the spring,Which ignites the match and communicates the iialne t0 the candlewiek.To prevent the spring from beingl thrown beyond the candle, a stop, n,is placed on the side ofthe casing near the pivot of said spring. Aguide, T, to direct the forward movement of the spring is placed aboveand to the rear ofthe pin and arm above mentioned, and against which thespring K rests when placed in position for operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- The elastic wire armK having coiled matchholder N, in combination with the trip-arm G,opera-ted by disk c, carrying stud j', all arranged in connect-ion witha clock for light-ing a lamp or candle at a determined time,substantially as set forth.

HENRY X. WRIGHT.

`Witnesses J. E. Fnosr, S. A. MOORE.

